Golf bag



Dec. 1, 1925.

C. C. WORTHINGTON GOLF BAG Filed July 21 1922 2'Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 1,1925. 1,563,816 v C. C. WORTHINGTON GOLF am Fiied July 21, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 2 .1 l 18 i U121 ,1 N VliN TOR a-mc /-/ s A Y'TORNE Y5 BYI/i A W' Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

CHARLES C. WORTHINGTON, OE DUNFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

GOLF BAG. I

-, Application filed July 21, 1922. .Serial No. 576,419.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. WORTH- INGTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

sition by siding in Dunfield', Warren County, in the State of NewJersey, and whose post-oflice address is Shawnee-on-Delaware,Pennsylvania, have invented the following-ole scribed Improvements inGolf Bags.

My invention relates to golf bags and is designed to secure theadvantages of durability, reduced size, light weight, cleanliness,convenience in transportation and of protecting the golf clubs from theinjurious effect of rubbing and knocking contact with each other. I

The golf bag herein described is made up of a number of tubes of lightmaterial, each of which is preferably adapted to hold but a single cluband all of which maybe secured together flexibly and separably so thatthey may assume for convenience in travel ling either a flat rolled uwhen carried by hand. The number of these tubes may be'readily increasedor diminished so that. the total,num'ber need not at any time be greaterthan the desired number of clubs. In transporting this bag, ifthe tubesare spread out flat they can be conveniently packed, in a trunk or theycan be folded or rolled up in the circular form usual in the ordinarygolf,bag of commerce.

The bag contains practically no waste space. The diameter of none of thetubes need be greater than is required to properly accommodate the club.If each club is in a tube by itself itwill not be subjected to therubbing and knocking of one club a ainst another that always takes placew here more than one club is carried in one compartment. This rubbingand knocking chi s, dents and wears the grips of the clubs an theirshafts.

The tubes are inexmnsive, They are preferably made of aluminum or some..other light, stiif and durable material. They can be readily cleaned and,kept sanitary andare of attractive and neat appearance.

Reference is made to the two sheets of drawings wherein- Fig. 1 is aperspective view .of the bag with the tubes which compose it shown inone plane being held in proper relative poa strap forming one kind offlexible fastening;

Fig 2 is a detail perspective showing a form of strap fastening for thehandle;

formation or be folded ,or

Fig. 3 is a vertical. section through the bag showing one of the formsof flexible fasteners and its position on the tubes;

Fig, 4 is a detail elevation partly in sectlon of one of the tubesbroken away in the middle;

Fig.,5 is a vertical section as in Fig. 3 but showing a riveted hingedconnection;

Fig. 6 is an elevation of tubes connected as in Fig. 5, the tubes beingbroken away in the middle and only two lugs being shown on each tube;

Fig. 7 is a section of the tubes connected as in Fig. 5 folded or rolledinto circular form; r

Fig. 8 is a detail elevation partly in section showing another form offlexible fastener consisting of a sliding ring permitting, except .as toendwise movement, the same relative motion of the tubes when connectedby it as the connection of Fig. 1;

--Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the rings in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a section of a bag, whose tubesare connected as in Fig. 8,rolled into circu-- lar form and enclosing a larger tube, and

Fig. 11 is a perspective view corresponding to Fig. 10 but on a smallerscale.

The individual duplicate tubes 1 are flexibly and separably securedtogether in any desired number by any suitable means as in F igs.- l, 5and- 8. In Fig. 1 they are illustrated as held by the two straps 2 whichinterlace thetubes, passing alternately on opposite sides of successiveis provided with an opening 5 for drainage I 105- of such dirt or wateras may enter. A handle 6 is shownsecured to a tube by a strap 7, passingaround the same and taking- -through a keeper 8 in one end of the handletubes through the keepers 3 with which each tube is pro- 6, and by aspecial handle strap 9 taking through the keeper 10, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Another method of fastening the handle is illustrated in Fig. 1.A shoulder strapll is also shown connected to the uppermost tube b itsbuckles 12, being most conveniently buckled at one end to the strap 2adjacent the closed ends of the tubes and at the other through a: slot13 in the upturned forward end of the handle 6. It will be apparent thatthe tubes being flexibly con nected will either hang in the sameplaneone above the other-when the handle 6 or the shoulder strap 11 isused for their support, or when rolled into the relation shown in Figs.7, 10 and 11 may be carried by the same handle 6 or shoulden strap 11.

The tubes'when strung together as in Fig. 1 will hang in the same planeone directly above the other as shown in the said figure, thestrap-lacing connection being not only flexible but loose enough topermit the skew ing necessary to enable the tubes to assume position inthe same plane with their open ends in line vertically.

In the arrangement of tube fastening illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7,each tube is provided with two fasteners 14 at each end either rivetedor soldered to the tube in the same circumferential plane and 180 apart.

These may be placed in the same location with reference to the extremeends of the tube as the keepers 3 in Fig. 1. The tubes may be joinedflexibly together by means of these fasteners by inserting loose pins 15in the holes 16 of the fasteners 14 and holding the said pins in placewith a split pin or other obvious means. With this form of fastener thetubes may be arranged in flat or circular formation at will as shown inFig-st.1 5 and 7.

other form of fastener is shown in Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11. The fasteneris made in the form of a collar 17 encircling the tube and having aprojection or lug 18 pierced by a hole 19. Two of these collars 17 areplaced injuxtaposition at or near each end of each tube as in the caseof the fasteners 14 in Fig. 5 and are held in position by externalcircular ribs 20 spun on the tube or formed in any other suitablemanner. The collars 17 fit loosely on the tube so as to enable theprojecting lugs 18 when jointed by a pin 21 throughthe hole. 19 with acorresponding lug on the collar of an adjoining tube, to move to anyposition on the circumference of the tube that may be required inarranging the bag in flat or circular shape. It will be observed thatthe collars are shown as identical, those of each pair being reversedwith respect to each other.

It is obvious that a separate tube large enough to hold golf balls orother larger articles may be joined to the club tubes either as one oftheseries or separately. In Figs. 10 and 11 such a storage tube 22having if desired a removable cap 23, which may be held on by a bayonetjoint, is shown component part of the bag, beingremovably securedthereto by any suitable means as a pair of straps 24, one at each end ofthe bag, passing through keepers 25 and around club tubes 1 andrespectivelybelow and above. the upper and the lower set of collar lugs18 (or fasteners 14 where these are used).

While it is obviously not necessary that the component club tubes, theirlugs, collars or other connecting means should be identical, it isdesirable since it facilitates interchangeability and gives the bag aneat appearance.

Claims:

1. 4k golf bag of variable capacity made up of separate tubes each tubebeing adapted to hold but a single club and means for connecting saidtubes flexibly and separably, said tubes forming a series the members ofwhich may be in the same plane or which may be rolled up in circular orother forma tion and means secured to the series for carrying the bag.

2. A golf bag made up of separately made tubes of rigid material so asto be self-supporting and maintain a substantially cylindrical shape,each tube being ada ted to hold but a single club, and means orconnecting said tubes flexibly, said tubes forming a series the membersof which may be in the sameplane or which may be rolled up in circularor other formation and means secured to the series for carrying the bag.

3. As an article of manufacture, a golf bag comprising a set ofseparately made tubes with open upper ends and closed bottoms, each tubebeing formed of rigid material so as to be self-supporting and maintaina substantially cylindrical shape, and two separate means near theopposite ends of said tubes disconnected from each other save by thetubes and uniting them in parallel grouped relation.

4..A golf bag consisting of a set of separately made tubes of rigidmaterial whereby separately made, detachably connected tubes of rigidmaterial whereby they are adapted to be self-supporting, each tubeforming a receptacle for a single golf club, and means for connectingsaid tubes in a closed structure of a size variable by changing thenumencircled by the club tubes and forming a ber of the tubes. Y

ll b blb l. As a new article of manufacture, a golf bag comprising a setof separately made tubes, each tube being formed of rigid 'rnaterial soas to maintain a substantially cylindrical shape and each tube having anopen end and being adapted to hold but a single club, and means foruniting said tubes in group relation.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a golf bag consisting of a set ofseparately made metal tubes united adjacent their opposite ends byspaced uniting means,

9. As a new article of manufacture, a golf bag consisting of a set ofseparately made metal tubes having a rounded edge at their open ends andhaving a closed bottom united adjacent their tops and bottoms by-Ispaced united means.

10. As a new artlcle of manufacture, a

golf bag consisting of a set of separately made metal tubes having arounded edge at their open ends and havin a closed bottom, and flexiblemeans uniting them.

-11. A golf bag comprisin a series of metal tubes each having its ottomclosed 4 and its other end open and having a protecting edge at its openend and a rainage them against. longitudinal displacement, and

means or separably connect-mg said collars to adjacent tubes, wherebythe shape of the golf bag may be altered and its; ca, acity changed byvarying the number of tu es. 14:. A golf ba 'consisting of a pluralityof parallel clubolding tubes flexibly'connected, a relatively largertube suitable for other articles and means for securing it to theclub-holding tubes within the enclosing structure formed thereby. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

CHARLES .o. WORTHINGTON.

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